APPLY FOR THE DISCSEEL® PROCEDURE

BLOG ARTICLES

For Back Pain Sufferers, IDET May Offer Hope

The dancer with the torn disk had IDET this summer, Dr. Lutz said, and is ”definitely better.” She hopes to be able to resume her career. For back pain sufferers like her, with torn disks but no other major disc degeneration, Dr. Lutz’s success rate is 75% to 80%, he said. Whether IDET becomes a standard treatment will depend on studies like a multicenter trial that is being run by Dr. F. Todd Wetzel, an orthopedic surgeon who is medical director at the University of Chicago Spine Center. The study involves 74 patients; 38 of them had the therapy at

Read More
October 20, 2019 No Comments

Groundbreaking Spinal Treatment Spurs Saudi Interest

This is the story of a passionate, innovative alumnus who helped pioneer a new specialty in medicine, founded an award-winning hospital, created a foundation, became a friend and physician to the Royal family of Saudi Arabia, and patented a medical invention that is providing new, minimally-invasive spinal treatment for disc and spinal disorders. And he’s only 43. “I never use an alarm clock, and I work seven days a week,” says Kevin Pauza, M.D., ’90, an Interventional Spine specialist and researcher who focuses on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of back and neck pain. “It doesn’t feel like work when you love

Read More
October 19, 2019 No Comments

Saudi Royalty Makes a Visit to Tyler, Texas

TYLER, TX (KLTV) – It’s official: Tyler is now a playground for Saudi royalty. We found out about a Saudi prince’s visit to East Texas after a 737 bearing the country’s national symbol was spotted at the Tyler Jet Center.  Rumors were swirling about the Saudi royalty visit. “One I heard, he was here with friends, visiting the Rose Festival, said Carolyn Verver. Verver works at the Jet Center and says the plane was sitting at the Aviation Museum when she got there Saturday morning.  Sources tell us the prince’s plane flew into Tyler Thursday night. Turns out Prince Faisal

Read More
October 18, 2019 No Comments

The Holy Grail of Pain Relief?

THE HOLY GRAIL OF PAIN RELIEF? CBS SUNDAY MORNING CORRESPONDENT MARTHA TEICHNER REPORTS ON A NEW PROCEDURE TO TREAT THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF BACK PAIN More than 1.3 million Americans undergo spinal surgery each year — more than triple the number of coronary bypass surgeries and more than five times the number of hip replacements. Approximately 300,000 of those back surgeries were spinal fusions, in which vertebrae are joined surgically and held in place with metal screws or rods. For many patients, the surgery is salvation. For others, it can be a nightmare. CBS SUNDAY MORNING correspondent Martha Teichner speaks with patients and doctors, including Dr. Kevin Pauza — founder of

Read More
October 17, 2019 No Comments

A New Hope For Back Pain Sufferers?

Consider the human spine, in all its glory. The 24 vertebrae, cushioned by gelatinous discs . . . the little facet joints that help make your back flexible . . . all the ligaments and muscles and nerves. The spine’s elegant complexity is a miracle of engineering, or a curse when something goes wrong. Eight out of ten Americans will experience debilitating back pain sometime in their lives.  “My pain was very excruciating,” said Leila. “I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t bend over. I couldn’t lie down.” “I’d say, ‘Oh Lord, can’t you help my back, it does hurt bad’ – he didn’t help me

Read More
October 16, 2019 No Comments

Chronic Back Pain? Spinal Fusion May Not Help

Most adults in the United States will suffer from excruciating chronic back pain at some time in their lives. For the lucky ones, it will be short-lived. For the others, it may continue for weeks, months, or even years. Surgery is the attempted fix for more than 1.2 million Americans suffering from chronic back pain each year, and about 300,000 of these back surgeries were spinal fusion. This procedure is done for herniated discs or other disc injuries and involves joining vertebrae so they cannot move. Often they are held in place with metal screws or rods. However, fusion was

Read More
October 16, 2019 No Comments

King Abdullah Passes, Dr. Pauza Remembers His Life

TYLER, TEXAS (KETK) — Doctor Kevin Pauza and the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia first met about seven years ago. “The king’s life was changed the day that he had a surgical fusion. He had rods, plates, and screws in his back because that’s the old-fashioned norm. Today we know that that’s not best for a person’s long-term interest, so after that procedure, he needed help,” said Dr. Pauza. Dr. Pauza is an innovator when it comes to spinal surgery. He created a new method of treatment and is currently the only doctor in the world, allowed to practice it.

Read More
October 15, 2019 No Comments

Late Saudi King Abdullah Has Connection to East Texas

TYLER, TX (KLTV) -U.S. leaders expressed condolences to the people of Saudi Arabia upon the death of King Abdullah on Thursday. Sympathy for the 90-year-old late king has poured in from all corners of the world, including right here in East Texas where Saudi King Abdullah had a strong connection. “We had many conversations at the foot of his bed or during our travels around the world. So, I knew him in a different way. I knew him in a way that wasn’t known by Hillary Clinton or President Obama,” says Dr. Kevin Pauza, founding partner and principal owner of

Read More
October 14, 2019 No Comments

Test Barbecuing Your Back: Is Heat Therapy for You?

If nothing else cures your back pain, would barbecuing a spinal disc with heat therapy help? In the endless battle against back ailments, some 35,000 to 40,000 patients have turned to a new procedure that uses heated probes to try and heal painful spinal discs. About 3,500 doctors have already been trained in this heat therapy procedure, known as IDET for Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy, since its introduction in 1998. But so far there is no compelling, published evidence that it can relieve back pain. Although the approach has been marketed as an alternative to expensive and risky spinal-fusion surgery, some

Read More
October 14, 2019 No Comments

RECENT POSTS

DR. KEVIN PAUZA

GET IN TOUCH

How can we better serve your needs? Contact us today.

LOCATION

Turtle Creek Surgery Center

801 Turtle Creek Dr.
Tyler, Texas 75701

Get Directions

Regenerative Sportscare Institute 62 E. 88th Street New York, NY 10128

Get Directions  

625 9th Street N
Suite 303
Naples Fl 34102

Get Directions

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow us to stay up to date on our groundbreaking procedures, news, speaking engagements and upcoming appearances.

Facebook-f Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin

Disclaimer : Disclaimer: All information presented in this website is intended for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of rendering medical advice. The information contained herein is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.